Pentagon backed off rescue efforts after concluding Bergdahl went AWOL

Associated Press

June 2, 2014

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Bergdahl

Bergdahl

WASHINGTON — The military decided not to exert extraordinary efforts to rescue Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl after a Pentagon investigation concluded in 2010 that he walked away from his unit the previous year, said a former senior defense official who was involved in the matter.

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